Sona College of Technology NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Sona College of Technology NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends.
Sona College of Technology
Salem, Tamil Nadu · NIRF ID IR-E-C-37028
At a glance
Sona College of Technology is a private institution in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 82.2% and a ₹4.5L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 4,859 students.
2023-24
815 / 991
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Engineering journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 73.3% → 82.2%; latest median salary ₹4.5L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 815 placed — 82.2% of the batch
- 34 chose higher studies
- 142 reported another outcome
Half of the 815 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹4.5L
- Placement rate
- 82.2%
Salary and placement rate, year by year
What this means: These are graduate outcomes, not staff pay. Median salary means half of placed graduates earned more and half earned less, so one unusually large offer cannot distort it like an average. The placement rate rose from 73.3% to 82.2%. The reported median salary moved from ₹2.4L in 2017-18 to ₹4.5L in 2023-24.
PG (two-year) placements
Latest three graduating batches.
Who studies here
Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.
Research & PhD
Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.
Where the institution spends its money
Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹20.24 Cr → ₹49.62 Cr.
Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24
Keep these charts separate: This chart is what the institution spends, while the placement chart is what graduates earn. The salary line is the faculty and staff pay bill: ₹20.24 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹49.62 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹6.6 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹6.46 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Research (RPC) improved most: 4.2 → 8.0. Perception (PR) is the lowest latest pillar.
What the lines mean: Each line is a score out of 100: TLR covers teaching and resources, RPC research, GO graduation outcomes, OI outreach and inclusion, and PR peer perception. Sona College of Technology improved most in Research (RPC) (4.2 → 8.0). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 57.0, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 4.1.
Questions about Sona College of Technology
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
Sona College of Technology ranking questions
Is Sona College of Technology private or government?
Sona College of Technology is marked as a private institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Sona College of Technology located?
Sona College of Technology is listed in Salem, Tamil Nadu.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of Sona College of Technology graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹4.5L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 815 of 991 graduates placed (82.2%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹6L.
How many students does Sona College of Technology have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 4,859 students, including 437 from outside the state and 62 international students.
Is Sona College of Technology improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 4.2 in 2021 to 8.0 in 2022. The latest disclosure also reports 263 PhD scholars.
How much does Sona College of Technology spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹49.62 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹6.46 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹6.6 Cr for the library. These are institution expenses, not graduate placement salaries.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ranking cards and deep-profile facts are limited to official data published through the selected 2025 edition.